, 1887-04-13

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The happpiest family in the Eastern Distriat
OF Brooklyn is that Of Jacob Fehl;nrsr :
shoeniaker, at 90 Uniion-avenue.
iOn1t the morning Of July lis, 1855. pretty
.oiackeyed, l2-year.oldb Caroline fFehlineex
lefFhnfef parents homeIon the corner OF Eighth
avenue and Observation-Disclosures, this city.
With her bundle Of books and har dinner
paip she started for school, q Soon the SUI.
4onndlngs began Co look strange ITO hen. she
became frightened and began to cry....-A
policeman found her in: this plight and, took
her to Che station house, SKI, ssid her
fathers name was Fallingef, but ishe could
moi tell where she lived The Directory was
c;22nnsspl1lteq1 IA vain and as, no one cared TO
Island. 2alJtthia 19q8G yHHfa1eT T5TTs
hnWhen nightapproached ana no tidings Of
the missing girl came to herhoma,the father
went to the Twentieth Precinct and informed
Capt: Hfadden, at the time in charge, Of his
daughters disappearance. Detectives were
'putlon the case and advertisements inserted
IN Al the papers. but no trace of the child
could pc obtained, Then the search was
prosecuted until the savings Of q life Of hard
work had been exhausted, but with no result.
sAsthe years passed the IFshlingers stnoarnsd
their daughterfa as deadaj 90 hssuossD1u
The mistake little Caroline had, made. ia
giving her name had made all search inefec-
tuRl. After five months on the island she WAS
adopted by q Mr.. and Mrs. Brown; ofDPafk
and Portland aYenuas1 Brooklyn. With them
she lived until they went West, when Caro-
line found employment as a domestic in the
family Of Gen. Carl, on Clinton avenue Mr..
Carl took her to Virginia with his family,
where they remained for somes months. ST On
her return she Left; the family and started .
d~ressmaking establishment adjoining Mrs.
Browns house. @t""4 9t9tt D8DI tom
During all these years she had Eepsi up1a
searchfor her parents e Five yearsl ago she
married one William II. Bennett, He proved
to be q ~dissipated man, and she was compelled
to leave him. She then went to i've .at A7
Hall street with q Mrs, Lynch. IA few days
ago she told Mrs. Lynch gofa q dream all
thought I saw smyapsrentg," she said tethold-
ing out their arms and calling, me-. Their
hair was gray. They seemed to be living Ia
Brooklyn" 33tlg "IfifW a74tii a1i n0al
rs That afternoon Mrs. Lynch and Caroline
called on the stepfather of Mrs. Lynchsa Mr..
Richter, Q shoemaker, in this city. Caroline
told him Of her dream, and asked him to look
the Directory over. She said She had always
thought her name was Fallingsfs Mr.5RiehsaE
found the name Fehlinger. and told her that
was sFallinger in German, The. name of
Jacob Fehlinger, was found, and the 1.-Two
women called at the address, % UnionsavenGe.
An elderly, gfay.haired wolnanSeeeivsR ttan.
She was Mrs. Fehlingers Mother andsdaugh-'
ter were brought face to face, but did not
recognize one another.
did you ever have . daughter named
Caroline2, asked Mrs. Lynch. $3.50 2sf
IA yes, but she is dead. 49,
Mrs. Lynch then informed the mother that
her c6zapaiien was her Iost child. Mrs.
Fehlinger refused to believe it, After s lew
minutes' pause Caroline said she femembefed
that when she left home she had. /. doll. e
'dolI's bureau. and q set oof doll5s, dishes. She
described them minuteIy. is The mother &c.
.sognized the descriptions and the idantikeA-
tion was enough. Mother and d41ehter An
another anf tIHF instant were clssped ~ each othar's
arms.
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Mrs. Bennett. the Caroline sFehIlneer ~
long ago, was seen yestesdayy ST hef Mfh8r.,s